Borssumer Zetsche

Culinary plum

Prunus domestica L.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection is available under license.

Accession No.
2003 - 018     check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1932 from L.Spath, Berlin, Germany. Fruits have firm, fairly dry flesh with a subacid to a little sweet flavour.

Accession name
Borssumer Zwetsche

Flowering time
18th April 10% flowering
23rd April Full (80%) flowering
5th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid-Late September ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Long ^a

Fruit Weight
28.20 g ^a

Skin Colour
Purple-red ^a

Stalk Length
10.61 mm ^a

Stone
Semi-freestone ^a

References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.